Piers Morgan, Howie Mandel React to Howard Stern's 'America's Got Talent' Announcement

When Ryan Murphy turned his ringer off silent this morning, there was "an explosion" of congratulatory messages.our editor recommendsGolden Globes TV: Newcomers 'Homeland,' 'New Girl' and 'Boss' Each Score Multiple NominationsGolden Globe Awards Nominations: The Complete ListGolden Globe Awards Nominations: The Nominees' Reactions The co-creator of both Fox's Glee and FX's American Horror Story has much to celebrate. The most recent colleciton of accolades comes from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, which nominated his series in the best comedy and drama categories, respectively. Horror Story's Jessica Lange was nominated in the best supporting actress category as well. PHOTOS: Golden Globe Awards Nominees "I'm always thrilled about Glee," he says, his elation on display. "But I think the American Horror Story one feels particularly sweet." Murphy is the first to admit the process wasn't always this joyful."At the beginning of the show, I think people were a little bit confused about how you tell a horror story in an emotional way and that's what we've tried to do," he says, noting that many told him he that shouldn't do a horror show unless it featured zombies or vampires -- a piece of advice he and his co-creator Brad Falchuk prompty ignored by hiring what Murphy calls "a dream cast" and diving into production. Now as for what's to come for that "dream cast" featuring Connie Britton, whose character died in Wednesday's episode, Murphy's staying mum."I don't want to say anything until the finale airs because all of those questions will be answered in the finale." PHOTO GALLERY: View Gallery Golden Globe Awards: The Nominees Related Topics Glee Ryan Murphy American Horror Story

Your Christmas Viewing is Settled

“There are three reasons to watch a Christmas film. […] I have the perfect culmination to all three of those scenarios, and it not only involves a shit-ton of novelty songs, but also Bing Crosby and Fred Astaire. So here’s the truest thing I’ll ever tell you: Holiday Inn is the Classic Hollywood Christmas Movie to rule them all, and the $2.99 you’ll spend renting it on iTunes is a third of what you’d spend on a glass of wine at a respectable establishment. (That is how I judge expenses: that sparkly Christmas dress costs five G.O.W [glasses of wine]; a ticket to see The Fassbender in the theater costs two.)” [The Hairpin]

Top Models Lisa DAmato Talks Win, Angeleas Disqualification

First Published: December 8, 2011 7:14 PM EST Credit: Access Hollywood Caption Lisa DAmato, winner of Americas Next Top Model All StarsBURBANK, Calif. -- Lisa DAmato walked away with the Americas Next Top Model All Star crown on Wednesday night, but she insists she does not know what happened with finalist Angelea Preston who was disqualified on the finale for reasons that were not fully explained. I dont actually know what happened, Lisa told AccessHollywood.coms Laura Saltman on Thursday. Its all speculation, the model and musician added, referring to some of the rumors about why Angelea was cut from the final. Its a competition where people get eliminated. Lisa beat out fellow Top Model vet, the doll-faced Allison Harvard for the title on The CW show, and Lisa said she felt the doe-eyed darling was her biggest competition all season long. Allison and I were going head to head [all season long] in terms of who got first calls out on pictures and who won the most challenges, Lisa said. Proud to have finally claimed the top Top Model prize, Lisa credits her victory to staying true to herself. Its kind of this sealed validation of being genuine and true to yourself and working really hard, she said. She also credited Dr. Drew for helping turn her life around after a recent stint on Celebrity Rehab. I got amazing therapy from Dr. Drew. I think Dr. Drew is Superman, she said. Im the happiest and healthiest Ive ever been. Copyright 2011 by NBC Universal, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.

CineAsia looks at digital, 3D opportunities

HONG KONG -- Delegates at the CineAsia conference in Hong Kong were focused on technical matters, but the ever-present problem of piracy continues to occupy people's minds in the fast-growing continent. While digitizing the continent's hardtops and bringing in more 3D opportunities are the main order of business in Asia these days, there is room to push more niche areas as the standard of exhibition in the continent improves. Joseph Peixato, prexy of worldwide cinema at RealD, told a panel at the fest in the Hong Kong Exhibition Center how the idea of digital hardtop owners allowing alternative content, such as sports, opera or rock shows, was gradually entering people's consciousness in Asia. "Alternative content is small so far but it brings more new revenue streams and opportunities than you've ever seen before. It adds incremental income and if developed it can be a very big source of revenue," he said, before giving the auds a stirring taster of their forthcoming 3D version of "Madame Butterfly" by the Royal Opera House. "2011 has been a terrific year, especially for Barco globally," Wim Buyens, senior veep of Barco International's entertainment division, told CineAsia. "It's been a great year in China, we've announced our joint-venture there, and it brings us very close to the market. There we will introduce a new projector range," said Buyens. Piracy remains the biggest challenge facing the Asian market, a theme that all Asian fests inevitably have to deal with, and CineAsia was no exception. Representatives from the Motion Picture Association and other copyright protection orgs gave fascinating details about a sting operation in Australia, which drove one pirate underground, but also resulted in a drugs bust after one suspect was discovered with a stash of heroin. "Operation Dusk" followed up on some specially watermarked prints of movies shown at a drive-in in New South Wales to see if camcorded copies of Hollywood titles were coming from there. "What's a single male under the age of 30 going to see 'Rio' two times, we asked," said Aaron Herps, director of digital affairs at the Australian Federation Against Copyright Theft. It yielded two suspects, one of whom was discovered to be holding a commercial amount of heroin, and while the second suspect wasn't arrested, he was being sought. CineAsia organizer Robert Sunshine said attendance at the annual meeting was up by 20% and it was the largest CineAsia yet. "There is lots of wonderful technology being shown and we've had wonderful support from the studios. We've got some great movies -- 'Mi4,' 'Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows,' 'We Bought a Zoo,' Fox is bringing in (producer) Jon Landau to make a presentation, and we've had lots of demonstrations of high frame rates," he said. CineAsia runs Dec. 6-8. Contact the Variety newsroom at news@variety.com

Brad Pitt Consoles Suicidal Man at 'Moneyball' Q&A

This past Sunday, things got a bit odd following a screening of 'Moneyball' in California. During a Q&A session featuring Brad Pitt and Jonah Hill, a man got up to the microphone and explained to Pitt that he was contemplating suicide. After the room had fallen silent, Pitt explained to the man that "things are cyclical." Continued the star: "When you're up you're up, and when you're down you're down." Pitt went on to talk about films that have changed his life and affected him positively. There is a low-quality video of the exchange, which you can watch below (it starts at the 42-second mark). After the Q&A, Pitt apparently approached the man and spoke with him some more. On Tuesday, Pitt won the NY Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor for his role in 'Moneyball.' The film follows Brad as Oakland A's general manager Billy Beane. [via Us Weekly and Hollywood Elsewhere] [Photo: AP] Follow Moviefone on Twitter Like Moviefone on Facebook